Sinéad O'Connor's incendiary open letter to a young Miley Cyrus is resurfacing after the acclaimed "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer died on Wednesday.
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She was 56.The Irish singer was a known force to be reckoned with, and her illustrious and stormy career was filled with moments that stirred controversy and inspired media fodder.
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One such incident took place a decade ago when Cyrus released the music video for her hit single "Wrecking Ball," crediting O'Connor's
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O'Connor caught wind of Cyrus' comments and, after watching the "Wrecking Ball" video — which (unlike O'Connor's video) features a nude Cyrus swinging on a wrecking ball and licking a sledgehammer
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It opened with a disclaimer that what she wrote was in the "spirit of motherliness and with love," but she followed with a fervent takedown of the music industry
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Cyrus responded to the letter by tweeting mental health jabs at the Irish singer, and a screenshot from O'Connor's "Saturday Night Live" performance when she tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II.
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That action was probably O'Connor's most infamous and misunderstood move throughout her decades-long career — in her 2021 memoir
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She took it down the day her mother died and vowed she would destroy it when the right moment arose.
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